“If something like that were to happen, you’ve proved my point,” said Kaepernick. “It’ll be loud and clear why it happened.” Kaepernick also noted that before deciding to protest, he anticipated possible backlash for speaking out.

Kaepernick explained that the killing of Terence Crutcher by Tulsa police officer, Betty Shelby, is the perfect example of why he began his protest.

“It will be very telling about what happens to the officer that killed him,” said Kaepernick. “They shot and killed a man and walked around like it wasn’t a human being.”

Not everyone in the NFL agrees with Kaepernick, however. Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis stated Wednesday on FS1’s Undisputed that he doesn’t believe the killing of Terence Crutcher, or past police involved incidents like it, was motivated by race.

“We’re taking lives not because of black and white but, we’re taking lives because it’s good vs evil,” said Lewis. “If you watch these crimes, these crimes aren’t race driven; they’re hate driven.”

While Lewis agrees that the shootings occur by choice and out of hatred, he fails to understand the racial bias involved when officers target firstly target citizens or color and secondly decide to draw their weapons.